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\title{A Journey to the Center of the Immune System}
\author{Ricardo Cruz}

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This is a \textit{gamebook}. Story enrolls according to your choices. You are the hero of this story. You will have to overcome several dangers in your way to victory. We hope this story can be both entertaining and formative. You'll be given choices along the way; choose carefully --- or you may not get to the end of the story! \jump{start}

\section{}
\label{start}

``WEEEEEEEEEeeeeeEEEEOOOOOOooooooOOOO'' --- the car behind you. A cop. You are in a hurry, you don't need this now. You are already late; it was hard saying goodbye to Panda. She hug you tightly before you left; she is stronger than you thought, you chuckle. Panda is the girl you live with. That's how you call her. It is affectionate, you think. You do not actually know if she likes it. You cannot stand the thought of leaving her alone for the next few months. The cops chase you. Nothing can stop you now. You are sure they are going after you. You cannot possibly consider stopping.

\begin{itemize}
\item go ahead \jump{goahead}
\item stop \jump{stop}
\end{itemize}

\section{}
\label{goahead}

You ignore the cops. ``WEEEEEEEEEeeeeeEEEEOOOOOO ooooooOOOO'' The sound of it buzzing sounds even harder. It could be just your mind playing tricks. \emph{It is fine. You are just being paranoid. Relax!} One hour passes by. They sure won't like it to see you coming with cops as your escorts. What do you do?

\begin{itemize}
\item keep going \jump{keepgoing}
\item stop \jump{stop}
\end{itemize}


\section{}
\label{keepgoing}

You keep going. You actually accelerate somewhat. You could swear the buzzing sound is even louder than ever now. Oh crap, more cops are going the party. You are already going 60mph.

\begin{itemize}
\item accelerate \jump{accelerate}
\item stop \jump{stop}
\end{itemize}

\section{}
\label{accelerate}

You accelerate even further. \emph{You cannot possibly be late!} ``Stop!'' \emph{Holy cow, a helicopter! Now you have done it!} This is serious; now you start getting worried about your life. This game has been going on for too long. You stop. \jump{stop}

\section{}
\label{stop}

You stop. The cop trailing goes around and stops after you. 5 minutes goes by. \emph{Why is it taking so long? You should be there already!} After taking his time, you see the door opening. The cop is on his own, there is no partner. He is his middle aged. Probably in his forties. You relax.

``Stand away from the vehicle'', he shouts. You obey. Even after spending so much time with cops, you cannot help but tremble a little bit. Something about authority makes you nervous. \jump{cop}

\section{}
\label{cop}

The cop approaches. Given his age you know he will sympathize with you. ``Name?'', he says with a loud voice. He is at a generous distance of you. ''Alan Hitchman. NASA.'', you reply. Somewhat suspicious, he asks you to take your documents from the vehicle, and present them. ``I am in an urgent mission. It relates to Infogate, you say.'' Obviously, he knows about Infogate. It has been splashed all over the news since the latest wikileaks release. He tells you to go immediately, and he will escort you, for your safety. You are unsure it truly is for your safety. You think he still is a little suspicious of your identification, and wants to keep an eye on you. Afterall, NASA in the East coast. Doesn't make much sense. But obviously he does not want to get fired for delaying you if true. You kindly accept his offer. You arrive. \jump{arrive}

\section{}
\label{arrive}

You arrive. You pass the security clearing check. You go into the building. Everybody his waiting for you, including the patient. You have been many times to space. You were at the top of the academy. You were not supposed to go in a mission this soon. You feel awful. Panda is pregnant. You cannot stand the thought of not seeing your firstborn taking his first breath. The timing could not have been worse, you think in sorrows. You ask to say goodbye to your wife before going to the basement for the mission. Given the nature of your mission, they obviously agreed. There aren't many people as qualified and as fool as you are. Of course, Panda is not really your wife. You are together for twenty years, but the two of you are not married. You do think it proper to get married before you have child. And of course calling her girlfriend does not sounds as elegant as wife, so you have become accustomed to call her your wife. It is very important for your to have children. You have been trying to have children the last two decades. You are still together because you love her very much. This is the fourth time Panda is pregnant over the last twenty years, and after a few hundred thousand spent. You call her; she is a mess. At the same time you are sorry not being with her, you also feel a little numb. When you come to think about it, you do not think this one will survive either. You go down to meet everybody. \jump{basement}

\section{}
\label{basement}

``There comes our hero!'', the mission manager chants. Several guards are around the patient. A little odd for an experiment of this kind one would think, you think. They put your helmet on, and prepare you for launch. You have been trained on this ship many times, and maneuvering has become like moving a member of your body, just like an arm or a leg. Impressive how human beings adapt themselves to the environment, and adapt the environment to themselves, you philosophy. Prepare to takeoff. \jump{takeoff}

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\label{takeoff}

9, 8, 7, 6, ... You lose your senses during the launch. It has to do with blood drain. But soon after, you wake up. Everything grows in size as the first stage of launch takes place. After being sent seven times to outer space, this is something still very alien to you. You are using to seeing everybody becoming as small as an ant, entire forests being reduced to the shape of a single tree, and human structures lost in the grandiose of planet earth. Now, you feel just like you entered the island of the giant from the Iliad; Meeks your manager, as always seemed a spiritual giant to you --- in a good way, you learned and thank a lot to him --- and now he truly has become a giant. Soon enough, you no longer recognize him. A wall of spikes is all see in front of you. The spikes must be tissue of his garment, you think. You hope they know what they are doing as the second stage of the mission is announced to your earbud -- I hope they know what they are doing, you think as you are injected inside the patient. \jump{inside}

\section{}
\label{inside}

As blood is pumped from the heart, you feel yourself circulating through the organism. You are about the same size as a redblood cell; smaller than a \gls{whitebloodcell} size so as to avoid inflicting any damage to the police of the human body. You want to be a good partner in peace to the police of your host body, not a good partner in crime to the \glspl{antigen} who wish your host harm. You look at the sonar for the concentration of molecules within your radius. It is at aaa of xxx, bbb of yyy and ccc of zzz; which is all well within the typical measurements of blood concentrations.

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